They were on the emergency helicopter evacuation and Hayley was talking to him but Corey wasn't listening. He felt numb, drained after everything that had happened earlier.

Crying out his soul for her. Getting taken to an emergency helicopter because the island was on fire. He only began to react when he heard Maya and the rest of them talking about a heart attack. He saw Nicole trying to scramble over Rafe but Corey pulled her back.

The pilot was yelling at them while Nicole said, "Maya can help. She knows first aid. She runs a hospital."

"For animals," Hayley said and he told her to shut up. This was a fucking serious situation and Hayley picks now to be a bitch?

Maya began to unbutton the mayor's shirt and the pilot snapped at Nicole and Corey, already angry and hurt from earlier, told the pilot to go to hell.

Commotion broke out and Daniel yelled out a No and the pilot slumped forward and crumpled in his seat. The helicopter dropped a few feet and they all stumbled. Corey ran over to help.

"Help me get him out!" He shouted to Daniel as he grabbed the pilot's jacket. "I can fly it."

At least he hoped. Based on video games and computer games. He had to do something or else they were going to fucking die in a helicopter crash and he sure as hell didn't want to die.

"Based on what?" Sam appeared at his side. "Video games?"

Corey scowled. He didn't have fucking time for Sam's sarcasm. "You got a better idea?"

"Yes."

He and the boys pulled the pilot out of the way and dumped him in the narrow gap behind the front seats. Sam slid into his spot, grabbed the throttle and the control stick, then planted her feet on both pedals. The helicopter stabilized and began to rise, but listed to one side.

"You have to get her level," Corey said.

"No, really?"

He gritted his teeth to stop a curse from leaving his mouth as he reached for the control stick. Sam swatted him aside.

"Do you know helicopters? Or just planes? Because they're not the same."

The helicopter leveled for a second, then started to spin. Maya started to call for help on the radio and the helicopter dropped again. Corey bent to look at the control panel and wanted to take control. Sam wasn't doing it right.

"You need to-"

"I'm working on it!" Sam snarled at him and he wanted to shake her off the damn thing.

"Here, let me-" He reached for the panel but touched something wrong but the helicopter pitched hard and sharp to the side as he fell onto the mayor, his body screaming in pain.

He heard Sam swore, her hands shaking as she reached for a lever. "Everyone sit down. Just sit down!"

Corey felt the helicopter lurch again as he struggle to gain balance. He heard Nicole shriek like a banshee and Hayley was right after her. He looked and panic grew in his chest like an icy snake.

"The door! Holy Hell. The door's open!"

There was so much commotion, people yelling as he saw Daniel grabbing Maya from her foot.

"Corey, get over here!" Daniel yelled at him, the panic and worry in his eyes as he hung onto Maya. Corey grabbed Maya's other foot as they began to shout about how they were going to drag her in when she was hanging onto Rafe and she was hanging outside the damn helicopter.

The helicopter spun and Corey lost his grip on her leg. He shouted out in panic along with Daniel and the rest of the girls. Corey managed to grab onto Maya's leg like a lifeline and together, he and Daniel dragged her inside the helicopter as Hayley closed the door. Maya was crying and shaking so hard, he thought she was going to fly into a million pieces.

Corey then felt his anger grow and he wheeled on Sam, yelling and berating her for her lack of skills in maneuvering a helicopter and she was fighting back, so fucking stubborn, like Asaya and that pissed him off even more. Daniel came and he and Sam began talking about trying to land the helicopter until Hayley screamed, "He burned me! Oh my god!"

The pilot yanked Sam out of the seat and sat in, trying to get the helicopter to stabilize but it hit the tree and everyone fell and tripped over the other.

"Holy hell!" Corey yelled as he looked to see a hole in the tail of the helicopter. The helicopter crashed into the water.

Daniel was ordering them to, "Get over here!"

Hayley passed out and Corey picked her up and when he did so, an image of Asaya in his arms popped when she had twisted her ankle when she stepped on a rock and he had carried her home bridal style the entire way, ashamed that he was thanking the rock that twisted her ankle so he could hold her, all of this before they had begun to date. He shook his head.

This was not the time to be emotional. Commotion broke out and Corey was confused until Nicole blurted out, "You're only saying that because Maya did. You always listen to her."

Everyone stopped and stared and Nicole was itching for a fight and Sam yelled at her to shut up until Corey decided to butt in because if he didn't, there would be more blood shredded on this damn helicopter before they were ever saved.

"Nic didn't mean it, guys. She just lost her dad." He knew how that felt. Unable to accept the truth, unwilling to accept, blaming other people.

"And I just lost my uncle." Sam said and Daniel tried to diffuse the situation but the helicopter groaned and began to tilt.

Daniel, Maya and Sam yanked the door open and the water rushed in. Corey went first, reaching land and dumping Hayley there as he heard Maya scream out her dog's name. He and Sam had to hold her back as Daniel jumped in and the dog jumped up. She ripped free from them and headed towards the dog.

He went back to check on Hayley and felt terror grab his chest in a icy hold. "It's Hayley! She's not breathing!"

He was frantic suddenly. He didn't want her to die and he didn't want blood on his hands. He didn't want it to be his fault. Maya stumbled to where he was crouched before her.

"I was sure she was breathing before," He said. He knew she was breathing. He just knew it. "I should have let you check. Damn it."

She was on her back in the long grass and her skin was tinged blue.

Oh god, what if she was dead? He couldn't take another pain and grief inside his heart when he was still grieving for her. He couldn't. He was going to have a mental breakdown if Hayley died. Daniel had to steer him away and sat him down like a baby, and told him to stay there.

Corey was so out of his mind with worry. She couldn't die. She couldn't. Sure, he didn't really like her but that didn't mean he wanted her to die. Oh god, Hayley had to be alive. She had to be.

When he heard her cough, relief swamped his body like an avalanche and he collapsed back to the ground, unable to sit up anymore. The relief was too much. She wasn't dead. She wasn't dead.

Corey went to look for Daniel and Maya because the girls were starting to get on his nerves. They wanted someone to give the orders, someone to tell them what to do and that wasn't him. Not for two years now.

This whole damn situation was fucked up. The fire, the crash, the mayor and the pilot. My god, he was so weary and felt like he was hundred years old.

He caught Daniel and Maya hugging like the world depended on it. Envy grew in him but he smothered it. Now was not the time to wonder about Asaya or feel envious that Daniel had the girl he loved in his arms, even if said girl had absolutely no fucking clue. He didn't want to interrupt them because Daniel had loved Maya for years and Corey wanted him to have a chance.

But now was not the time for romance. Now was the time to plan and try to get off the island.

He cleared his throat and crouched when they turned to him. "I know this is a bad time, guys. I'm really sorry. But the girls-they're freaked out and they need someone to tell them what to do and...that's not me. They want one of you two. Daniel, I'll stay here with Maya if you can talk to them."

Maya wiped her sleeves over her eyes and said, "No, sitting here isn't going to help."

He nodded and led the way where Nicole and Hayley were huddled in the grass, looking over at the island to the west. They were shivering along with Sam, who was leaning against a tree.

"We're going to scout the island," Daniel said and no one offered to help. Corey could've but he felt that he was better here, he would probably just get fucking lost in the island. Daniel and Maya left and it felt like hours when they came back and told them what happened in the woods.

They started talking about the whole damn situation and when Daniel said, "Sam's right. The first people who come for us will likely be kidnappers. It'd be safer to get to a phone and call our parents."

They looked around and saw the huge amount of water standing between them and the island.

"Umm…" Corey began. "Not to question your judgment, buddy, but that's a bit of a swim. The water's damned cold. I bashed my knee good in the crash, and I'm not the only one who's hurting. I get what you're saying, but the pilot's radio seemed to be out, so they won't know where we are. If we light a fire, someone out boating might see us."

But that just set off events that led to him and Hayley arguing that they should stay put and causing Sam to be pissed at Nicole for silently agreeing. Daniel managed to convince them to swim for it and it was a complete fucking bust.

The water was too damn cold and his pills for his headaches disintegrated and the clothes were wet. Luckily, they managed to get out some of the fear and worry before heading inland to find shelter.

They hadn't walked very far, though, before Corey stopped as they were circling around an outcropping of rock.

"Is anyone seeing lights anywhere?" Corey said. "Because all I see is bushes. We need to get higher." He started scrambling up the rock pile.

"Stop!" Maya said.

His foot slid and the leg he'd hurt in the crash buckled. His knee cracked against rock as he fell. He let out a yowl and a string of curses as fire burned his knee and throbbed. His jeans had split and underneath, his knee was bleeding. When Maya tried to touch it, he grabbed her hand.

"I need to check it out," She said.

He gritted his teeth at her touch because it hurt so bad. Maya then proceeded to wrap socks around his leg and found he could stand with effort and support.

"Figures," Corey muttered as the pain throbbed in his knee. "Survive a forest fire, helicopter crash, and killer eels, only to slip on a rock."

"That's what you get for trying to take charge," Hayley said.

"No kidding."

They made it to a grassy clearing, but Corey was in a lot of pain. His knee was throbbing too much and it hurt so much.

"Getting to a higher spot to look around is a good idea," Maya said after they sat him down. "We'll find a tree while you rest—"

"Whoa, wait." Corey started struggling to his feet, fear palpating in his body. "I'm okay. I'll be slow, but I can move."

"He doesn't want to be alone," Hayley said. "You know how he is. Leave him alone and he discovers he's not as much fun as he thinks he is."

Corey shot her the finger. This was not the time to talk about being alone.

"I'll stay with him," Nicole said.

Daniel nodded. "Hayley and Sam you guys should stay, too. Maya's going to be the one scaling a tree. Kenjii and I will stand point, but everyone else should rest. We won't go far. Plenty of trees nearby."

They left and Hayley and Nicole started talking about random shit as he tried to ignore the pain in his knee. Daniel, Maya and Sam came back and told them what was going on but that just started another fucking argument until Daniel, Maya and Sam decided to split up with them leaving and the rest with Corey.

But when a boat came and diver jumped in the water, Corey decided they had to be careful alongside with Hayley but Nicole wouldn't listen. She ran ahead and got shot and Corey felt the blood drain from his face while Hayley was saying, "oh god," over and over again.

They killed her. Oh shit, they killed her, they were screwed.

"Hayley, find the rest of them."

"But..." Hayley was stuttering and looked like she was going into shock. But dammit, they needed to warn the others.

"Go! Now! Before we both die!" He harshly whispered and she ran and he hid himself in some bushes, listening to they divers and people from the boat talk. His heart was pounding with fear and adrenaline and he cursed his knee for being so fucking useless right now.

He hoped he would be safe but knew the chances of that were slim to none. He jumped when he heard someone say it's me and learned it was Maya and Daniel.

"You guys shouldn't have come back."

"We did. Now, shhh, before I regret it."

"Get the girl. She can sniff them out." One of them said and they both froze.

"Are you sure, sir? It's been..."

"I know how fucking long it's been. But she's the only one who has a fucking chance of sniffing them out and if she doesn't, well she knows better than to refuse." The guy said menacingly and Corey didn't like it one bit.

Maya wondered out lout who they were talking about and they looked back to see a man heading to the boat and dragging a blindfolded girl out of the boat roughly as she tripped and gritted her teeth.

Corey felt a pang of familiarity as he saw the girl being dragged across to the island and saw the anger in her body. Who was this girl?

"Ah, so nice of you to join us, Asaya."

Corey felt the world drop from his feet and his heart stop and his body go cold when he heard that name as Maya gasped.

It couldn't be. It couldn't be. The emotions were threatening to spill over and he was itching to go over there and demand to know if it really was her.

"Fuck you. Go rot in hell." The girl said and Corey felt his heart squeeze. He knew that voice and he couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe it.

"Shut up and sniff the kids out or you'll regret it." The man said as he yanked the blindfold off and Corey felt the air go out of his body.

It was her.

It was Asaya.

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